Soccer America

Good morning! MLS teams are spending at a record pace, and collecting transfer fees in equally increasing amounts. The challenge for chief soccer officers around the league will be to spend wisely and spend quickly as they seek to replace departed stars. The challenge for MLS more generally as a selling league: how will fans accept […]

Good morning! A verdict in the NASL’s antitrust lawsuit against U.S. Soccer and MLS could come as soon as today. Judge Hector Gonzalez will be giving final instructions to the jury this morning after which they’ll deliberate. Closing arguments in the trial, which has lasted 13 days in federal district court in Brooklyn, were made […]

Good morning! The news of Ricardo Pepi’s knee injury comes seven weeks before the USA faces Panama in the Concacaf Nations League, its biggest test yet under Mauricio Pochettino. It’s the latest in a spate of injuries to USMNT center forwards and PSV’s contingent of young American stars In today’s Daily: Miguel Almirón back with […]

Good morning! After Steve Trittschuh, with Sparta Prague, became the first American to play in the European Cup (what is now the Champions League) in 1990, it took more than 20 years for U.S. players to combine for 5,000 minutes in the world’s most prestigious club competition. American players logged 2,536 minutes during the 2023-24 […]

Good morning! The field has been set for the 110th edition of the U.S. Open Cup. Much of the attention has been placed on which pro teams are entered, but the tournament includes 32 amateur teams, 15 of whom will be making their Open Cup debuts. Today’s soccer trivia question: Who was the last amateur […]

Good morning! We’re probably less likely to see American pro sports introduce promotion/relegation than we are to see the USA adopt the metric system or provide universal health care. But we can continue enjoying pro/rel drama from afar. Josh Sargent joined Norwich when it was in the English Premier League. Since it dropped, he’s scored […]